Curriculum Vitae

Contact Information

Space Telescope Science Institute 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA (410)-338-4450, wofford at stsci dot edu Room N409

Languages

English, Spanish, French

Research Interests

Massive star populations as cosmic engines Observed & computed properties in nearby galaxies (<100 Mpc) Radiative, chemical, and mechanical energy feedback Relevance to higher redshift studies Optical & ultraviolet imaging & spectroscopy

Research Appointments

Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) Postdoc (2009-present) Supervisor: Claus Leitherer

Successful Proposals

PI HST-GO-12951 (2012, 15 orbits), Do Lyman-alpha photons escape from star-forming galaxies through dust-holes? PI NASA-ADP09-62 (2010, archival), Star formation properties of local star-forming galaxies CoI HST-GO-12472 (2011), The cosmic carbon conundrum CoI HST-GO-12172 (2010), Is the extraordinary super star cluster NGC 3125-1 an imposter? CoI HST-GO-12173 (2010), Feedback between stars, ISM and IGM in IR-luminous galaxies CoI HST-GTO-11522 (2009) & 12027 (2010), COS-GTO: star formation / Lyman-alpha

First-Authored Publications

1. Wofford, A., Leitherer, C., Salzer, J., 2013, ApJ, 765, 118 Lyα Escape from z~0.03 Star-Forming Galaxies: the Dominant Role of Outflows 2. Wofford, A.+, 2012, arXiv Massive Stars: Key to Solving the Cosmic Puzzle 3. Wofford, A., Chandar, R., and Leitherer, C., 2011, ApJ, 727, 100 Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Circumnuclear Star Clusters in M83 4. Wofford, A., Chandar, R., and Leitherer, C., 2011, BSRSL, 80, 445 FUV and UVIS observations of circumnuclear star clusters in M83 5. Wofford, A., Chandar, R., and Leitherer, C., 2011, ASPC, 440, 143 The Massive Star Content of Circumnuclear Star Clusters in M83 6. Wofford, A. 2009, MNRAS, 395, 1043 Predictions of the extent of self-enrichment in oxygen of giant metal-poor HII regions 7. Nava, A., Casebeer, D., Henry, R. B. C., Jevremovic, D., 2006, ApJ, 645, 1076 On the Determination of N and O Abundances in Low Metallicity Systems